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Posted in Microsoft says it again - no second beta for Windows 7
Posted Tuesday 3rd February 2009 09:52 GMT
Paul Uszak
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No more DRM?

I'm a bit worried about no one talking about the DRM features in 7. There may or may not be any now, but if there aren't, what's to stop the media /film /music corps saying:-

"Oh, you're deliberately not including DRM features in your new OS when they were included in the previous one? You're going to actively help the copiers /thieves /file sharers /terrorists? We don't think we can allow that..."

and then will DRM worm its way back in (via updates perhaps)?

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